VIRTUAL MEETING | Why We Need More Ambitious Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions
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SPEAKER | Simon N. Gosling, University of Nottingham, PhD, MSc, BSc, FHEA, FRGS, FRMetS.
Director of Research & Knowledge Exchange
Professor of Climate Risks & Environmental Modelling
ABSTRACT | The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change aims to limit warming to well below 2°C, aiming for 1.5°C. In November this year the UK will host the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. The summit is an opportunity for national signatories of the Paris Agreement to update their plans for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. In this talk, Simon discusses the importance of securing more ambitious targets for emissions reductions, by exploring the evidence of what the future impacts of climate change could be on society in the absence of ambitious targets. Simon will present projections for global water scarcity, flood hazard, human health and food security. He will also look at the importance of adaptation for reducing the residual impacts of climate change.
BIOGRAPHY | Simon is Professor of Climate Risks & Environmental Modelling, and Director of Research & Knowledge Exchange, at the School of Geography, University of Nottingham, UK. His research interests span modelling the future impacts of climate change on human society; human health and epidemiology; and hydrology. Simon’s research has been used to support policy-making on climate change, including the 2015 Paris Agreement, the UK’s Carbon Budget under the Climate Change Act, and most recently the EU’s Net Zero Green Deal. He has authored and/or co-authored over 60 articles in international journals, including Science, Nature Climate Change and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. In 2021 he was listed in the top 250 of ‘The Reuters Hot List of Climate Scientists’, which is a global list of climate scientists who are having the biggest impact on the climate change debate. Simon teaches regularly on climate change to Undergraduate and Masters students at University of Nottingham, where he convenes modules on global climate change and environmental modelling. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Royal Meteorological Society.
This was the first virtual meeting delivered by the East Midlands Local Centre. The meeting was 45 minutes followed by a 15 minute Q&A session with Simon.
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SPEAKER | Simon N. Gosling, University of Nottingham, PhD, MSc, BSc, FHEA, FRGS, FRMetS.
Director of Research & Knowledge Exchange
Professor of Climate Risks & Environmental Modelling
ABSTRACT | The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change aims to limit warming to well below 2°C, aiming for 1.5°C. In November this year the UK will host the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. The summit is an opportunity for national signatories of the Paris Agreement to update their plans for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. In this talk, Simon discusses the importance of securing more ambitious targets for emissions reductions, by exploring the evidence of what the future impacts of climate change could be on society in the absence of ambitious targets. Simon will present projections for global water scarcity, flood hazard, human health and food security. He will also look at the importance of adaptation for reducing the residual impacts of climate change.
BIOGRAPHY | Simon is Professor of Climate Risks & Environmental Modelling, and Director of Research & Knowledge Exchange, at the School of Geography, University of Nottingham, UK. His research interests span modelling the future impacts of climate change on human society; human health and epidemiology; and hydrology. Simon’s research has been used to support policy-making on climate change, including the 2015 Paris Agreement, the UK’s Carbon Budget under the Climate Change Act, and most recently the EU’s Net Zero Green Deal. He has authored and/or co-authored over 60 articles in international journals, including Science, Nature Climate Change and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. In 2021 he was listed in the top 250 of ‘The Reuters Hot List of Climate Scientists’, which is a global list of climate scientists who are having the biggest impact on the climate change debate. Simon teaches regularly on climate change to Undergraduate and Masters students at University of Nottingham, where he convenes modules on global climate change and environmental modelling. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Royal Meteorological Society.
This was the first virtual meeting delivered by the East Midlands Local Centre. The meeting was 45 minutes followed by a 15 minute Q&A session with Simon.
